Receptacle-cover.



J. F. MULLANEY. RECEPTACLE COVIER. APPLlcAlon man APR."20.1 9H.

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Patented J an. 23, 1917.

JOHN F. MULLANEY, 0E coLoEniiosrEinGs, coLoEnno.

EEcEPTacLE-CQVEE.

Specification-of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. '23, 191e.

Applicationrled April 2 0, 1 911. ySerial No. 622,255.

To all whom z't may concern Be it known that I, JOHN F. MULLANEY, a citizen of the United States, residing at v741 East Cache-la-Poudre street, in Colorado Springs, in the county of El Paso, in the State of Colorado, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Receptacle- Covers, of which 4the following ,is a speci-y fication. i

My improvements relate to a sanitary removable cover in two parts pivoted on lugs attached to the receptacle for which the cover may beapplicable, by means of lugs of peculiar construction attached -to opposite sides of the receptacle, near its opening; and the objects of my invention are to provide a dirt, rain and insect-proof protecting lid, suitable for all receptacles requiring same, and in two pieces and easily detach` able from its respective receptacle. I attain these objects by means ofthe mechanism and appliances illustrated in ,the accompanying drawing, in which Figure l, is a perspectiveof a strainer with the removable cover attached andthe lid partly open and the lower part of the bowl and part of the nose'of the receptacle cut away to show the construction of the apparatus within: Fig. 2, is a section onthe line A-B of Fig. 1: Fig. 3, is a detail vof the approximate connection of the hinged lid 10, and the removable cover 8': Fig. 4,

is an edge elevation of the hinge lug 34:

Fig. 5, is an inside elevation ofthehinge lug 34: Fig. 6, is an outside top view of the removable' cover 8, and the hinged lid l0,

separately exposed: Fig. 7, is anl inside ele? ration of the hinge lug'35; Fig. t3 is an edge elevation of the hinge lug 35: Fig. 9, is an elevation of part of the strainer around the.

retaining lug -2: Fig. 10, is a section of Fig.

9 on the line C-eD: Fig. 1l, is a section on the line C-I), omitting the retaining lug 2, and substituting therefor the rolled outtop 50, and omitting the slot 49, and sub.--

sttuting therefor the hook ange 51.

Similar numerals and letters, referredto similar parts throughout the drawings and the several views. i

The hinged lugs 34, and 35, Carrying the removable cover 8, and the hinged lid 1 0, in combination with the top of the receptacle, form the principal part'of my invention.

It is often the practice to place a' milk strainer on the top of a can or other receiving tank in the room or yard where the lsanitary cover 8, and hinged lid v10, shown in Fig. 1,' and Fig. 6.

The removable cover 8,'as shown in Fig. l,

has a rib edgel 24,. withY a' rod extending through it and projecting about of an inch at either end, as shown at 27 and 37, in Fig. 6. This rib edge 24, rises its full thickness above the level of the tin or metal disk of the removable cover 8, so that dust or water or other foreign matter might alight upon the top of the removable cover but could not pass up over the rib edge 24, and get into the `interior 18, of the strainer receptacle. In placing the removable'cover 8, upon the top of the strainer receptacle or other receptacle .the rod end 37 is first inserted into the top recess 38, of the large hinge lug 35, shown in Fig. 7,- and Fig. 1, and then the rod end 27, -is forced into the slotted way 15, until it reaches recess 16, in the small hinge lug 34, shown in Fig. 5, and Fig. 1.

In the stiffening down flange 14, as shown in Fig. 9, is slot 49., made to receive the end of the retaining lug 2, which is rigidly attached at one end to, and projecting outwardly from, near the top of Ythe outer curved surface of the upright wall 7, of the strainer receptacle in such a manner that while forcin, the rodend 27, ofthe cover 8, into the slotted way 15, the retaining lug 2, passes vthrough the slot 49, and thus retains the curved edge of the removable cover 8, from being lifted up from the top of the upright wall 7, of the ystrainer or receptacle. Thus it is obvious that unless the rod end 27, is'removed back out ofthe Vslotted way 15, the removable cover 8, will remain rigidly attached tothe top of the receptacle, and the operator, by taking hold of the lifting handle 12, might raise not only the removable cover but with it the whole receptacle and its contents.

The danger of the removable cover 8, slipping off by means of disengagement of th'rod' end 27, from the small hinge lug 34, is obviated by placing the hinged lid r: il

10 in place. This is done by first inserting the pivot end 31, of the hinged lid 10, into the top recess 17, of the small hinge lug 34, as shown in Fig. 5, and in Fig. 1, which would obstruct the removal of rod end 27, as shown in Fig. 2, and Fig. 3. The then free end of hinged lid 10, which is pivot end 33, is placed down through the entrance 46, and through the serpentine slotted way 41, to the shallow recess 39, of the large hinge lug 35, as shown in Fig.l 7, and Fig. 1. This completely locks the removable cover 8, within the proper recesses in the lugs 34, and 35, and allows the hinged lid 10, a pivotal motion on its pivot ends 31, and 33, in lugs 34, and 35, respectively. The end 37, does not pivot into the recess 38, of receiving lug 35, but tapers into a wedge shaped vertical edge fitting into a fitting recess making its action non-torsional. r1`he same condition applies on the other end 27, of this rod, which has a horizontal edge litting into the horizontal groove 16, in receiving lug 34, and has only a sliding horizontal and not pivotal motion. The object being in both of' these ends 37, and 27, and their respective recesses 38, and 16, to prevent a rolling action of said ends, to prevent the lift-ing of the curved edge of the removable cover 3, which would obviate the need of the lretaining lug 2. But retain said lug 2, to avoid a violent torsional strain on the said ends 37, and 27.

To open the hinged lid 10, the operator may take hold of the stifl'ening down flange 13, with his hand, or may shove it up with the edge of a milk bucket, or by other means, as high as he desires it to be raised or till it tilts back against the front side of the lifting handle 12, where it will usually remain of its own gravitation, its top and center of gravity, being beyond its pivotal point 31, and 33. rThe removable cover 8, and hinged lid 10, are provided with a sti'- ening down flange 13, and 14, respectively which not only serve the purpose of stiftening the respective cover and lid, and maintains for them a rigid normal shape, but also acts to prevent the ingress of insects, dust or other obnoxious substances into the interior 18, of the strainer receptacle.

The hinged lid 10, like the removable .cover 8, is provided at its straightedgc,

where itis pivoted, with a rod 52, projecting downward about of an inch as shown at its respective ends 31, and 33, which rod projects from the curved top and arch 25, of the lid 10, downward, instead of upward as does the rod 24, and thus forms a lock mechanism to rod end 27, by the pivot end 23, intercepting it, as shown in Fig. 2, and Fig. 3. The sheet metal forming the disk of the removable cover 8, passes beneath the rod in forming the rib edge 24, then passesupward and back over the rod as shown in ward under the arch 2, of the lid 10, forming the doubled-in-under part 44, of lid 10, and is soldered to the underside of lid 10, at its edges. This doubled-in-under part is especially for stilfening purposes of arch 25, which is not protected by the stili'ening down flange 13, in that part.

@ne of the objects in having the pivot ends 31, and 33, back of the ribbed edge 24, is to lock the removable cover 8, within and to the hinge lugs 34, and 35, and another object is to have the hinged lid 10, to overlap the removable cover 8, so that debris or other obnoxious material, falling upon the removable cover or hinged lid 10, will be prevented from getting down into the interior 1S, by being thrown back upon the removable cover 8, when the hinged lid 10, is raised to admit'the liquid to be strained, and at other times.

One of the objects in having the removable cover 8, and the hinged nlid 10,`of the receptacle, removable, is to more easily cleanse it, and keep it in a sanitary condition, and to have more easy access into the interior 18, of the receptacle.

The removable cover 8, is shown in Fig. 1, and Fig. 6, provided with a stiening rib crimp 4, which is provided to assist in retaining the rigidity and the normal shape of the removable cover S. The hinged lid 10, as shown in Fig. 1, and Fig. 6, is provided with two small stiffening crimps 3, and 5, and the central stifl'ening crimp 11, which erimps are to be pressed upward of the plane of the disk in the hinged lid, and which crimps are to extend up over the arch 25, as shown in Fig. 3, and diminishedV at the top and backl `of the arch 25, as shown in Fig. 3. These three stili'ening crimps are provided to maitnain the rigidity of the two thicknesses of the sheet metal in purposes the central stiifening crimp 11,

thereof is high enough. toallow the escape of the liquid or other substance to be poured from the pail or bucket, without engaging the underside of the concave surface of said central stilening crimp 11.

To prevent the accidental disengagement of the pivot end 33, from the hinge lug 35,

Marlene@ I vhave provided the serpentine slotted way 41, which acts as a sort of .combination .of Cheeks restricting the. accidental .dsengagee mentandnecesstatng a multiplicity of varied motion, tofwit: directly upward against the retaining lflange48,2 where the pivot; end 3.3., iii-.Quid again beohecked by the .slight intermediate .depression 42, of large hinge lug 34, as shown in Fig. 7, ,where to form an escape it would ,be required that it again move downward ,and horizontally -to be lifted out .of ,the .slight intermediate, .depres- SiO-11,42, through the more complexand horizontal part of. the'slotted way 41 at lthe same time and would likely enter .the slight depression 43, where it would be :retained by coming lintocontact, with the riet'ion part at its end on the entrance 46, to tthe serpentine slotted way,

It is intended to utilize Ythe spring fof the elasticityl of lthe upright wall 7, of the re.- ceptaole to assist in retainingthe rod end 5, in V,place ywith-in the shallow reeesses 16., of `small hinge lug 34and` to assist in retaining pivot end 33, in .the shallow reeess 39, of large hinge lugv435. `The .said hinge lugs 34, and 35, are so formed as to be curved out away from the upright wall 7, of the strainer bowl or other receptacle upon which the removable cover'l and hinged lid are to be used, vSe as to allow roem .for a roll or rib top edge aroundsaid upright wall?, and to allow space for the .-stilieling-down flanges 13, and 14.

In Fig. 10, is illustrated the manner in which the sti-lening down flange 14, of fthe removable cover 8, is lsecuredby means oi" a retaining lug 2, to the upright wall 7. This Fig. 1Q, is a -section of' Fig. 9, lon ,the line CTD, leaving the retaininglug 12, entire.

In Fig, 11, is shown the form of the stiftening down flange 14, curved over Lthe rolled-out top edge vofthe upright. wall 7, when the same isrolled out to .form a stiffening rib and lin which oase, I omit the use of the retaining lug 2, the rolled out top edge 50 serving thepurpose of the retaining lug 2, and the hooked-in liange 51,V at the bottom edge .of `the. stiliiening down flange 14, serves `thepurpose of the slot 49, in the stilenin-g down flange 1.4.

In Fig. 2, is shown a section of the arch 25, on the line A B of the Fig. 1, illustrating the form in which the-sheet metal, in the removable cover 8, and the hinged lid 10, is to be bent to form said parts. The tree edge, as therein shown, in arched part, is to be soldered upon the'principal sheet to prevent unsanitary conditions, and to make 'a strong and moreeiiicient appliance. The two rods indicated at 2,7, .and 33, in Fig. 8, may be rigidly soldered'to their respective sheet metal partswhere they come intov Contact at the point of their entrance thereof, to .prevent a slidingAmotion thereon and to ,produce a sanitary and practical utensil.

The lifting handle 12, is rigidly secured by .rivets and solder or otherwise to the top of the removable cover 8 near to the pivotal point of the hinged lid 10, and of suitable material, and of sufficient strength tok lift ,the receptacle and its contents, if S0 desired.

The removable :cover 8, and the hinged the .inside of the receptacle interior v18, out-V ward through provided holes in the upright v wall 7, and through .respective holes 19, 19., and 32 .32, 32, of the respective hinged lugs and to be riveted and in the case of the milk strainer, :the edge of the seam of contactlmay be soldered, to Iprovide an additional condition of sanitation and rigidity of construction. In the illustration I have shown a provision in the annular depressions 36, around the respective holes, in the hinge lug 35, and depressions 20, in the hinge lng 34, whereby the middle of the upright wall 7, fmay be somewhat depressed on the inner surface by the shortening or tightening of the rivets or the bolts to be used and yet to maintain an elastic condition, by reason of the annular depressions about the heles. This is :more clearly illustrated by the ,dotted lines in Fig. V4, and Fig. 4S. In Fig. 7, and Fig. V8, is shown a detail of ,the large-hinge lug 35, on a scale approximating its normal size. It will be noticed it :projects farther above the edge of the receptacle than doesthe other hinge lug, and this extension is often utilized by thel Onehandling the bowl in cleansing it, and at other times when the removable cover 8, is detached as a handle. To add addi tional lstreng/th to its astenings, I have added a down projection and the additional third rivet on the down projection for the purpose of rigidity, strength and efficiency and where required I provide a down-.projecting strengthening lug on each of the lugs.

In some instances the removable cover 8, may be used on astrainer or receptacle without using the hinged lid 10, and will be suihcient fastening of the lifting handle 12, to the receptacle to enable the operator to carry the receptacle or lift it and its contents by the said lifting handle 12. i

In other instances when Vthe vstrainer is used only and no cover is required as in straining cream or vfruit juices or gasolene,

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:i common wire bail engaging the lugs 34C and 35, may be used to handle and remove the strainer from place to place as required by the operator. 'The compression caused by the spring of the receptacle forces the red ends 27, and 37, into the recesses 16, and 38, respectively, and also forces the pivot ends 3l, and 33, into the recesses 17, and 39, respectively and securely locks them there for temporary purposes.

I am aware that prior to this invention receptacles have been used having covers and hinged lids. I therefore do not claim such a combination broadly, but

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l. In a receptacle, the combination of a cover having a bearing having two oppositely projecting ends and a hinge lug secured to the edge of the receptacle and having its inner face iianges provided with a groove extending laterally from the rear to the front of the lug and terminating in a slight recess adapted to receive and hold one of the ends of said bearings of the removable cover, and a hinge lug secured to the opposite side of said receptacle and having a deep recess on its inner face adapted to receive and hold the opposite end of said bearing, substantially as set forth.

2. In a receptacle, the combination of a two-part cover, the top part having a bearing having two oppositely projecting ends, a hinge securing lug secured to the side of the receptacle and having a groove, extending laterally from rear to front on its inner or secured side and terminating in a slight recess adapted to receive and hold one end of the bearing of the said top part, a hinge lug secured to the opposite side of the receptacle and having a deep recess on the inner secured side thereof adapted to receive and hold the opposite end of the bearing of the said top part, substantially as set forth.

3. In a receptacle, a cover provided with a bearing having two oppositely projecting ends, a hinge lug, secured to the side of the receptacle near its open top and having a grooved way extending laterally from its rear edge to near its front edge on its inner or secured side and terminating in an enlarged slight recess, adapted to receive and hold one end of the bearing of the cover, a hinge lug secured to the opposite side of said receptacle and having a. deep recess on the inner or secured side thereof adapted to receive and hold the opposite end of said cover bearing, substantially as set forth.

4. In a. receptacle, having a removable hinged lid, a hinge lug secured to the outer side of the receptacle near its open top and having a grooved way, extending laterally from its rear top edge on its inner or secured side and terminating in a slight recess, adaptthereof near its front edge and opposite the slight recess adapted to receive and hold the opposite bearing end of said cover, said first-named lug being provided with a deep recess between the slight recess and the entrance to the said grooved way, a projecting pivotal bearing for said hinged lid one end of which is pivoted in said deep recess, a slight depression in said last named hinge lug and opposite the said last named deep recess adapted to receive and hold the opposite end of the pivotal bearing, substantially as set forth.

5. In combination with a receptacle, a. removable cover therefor provided with a bearing having oppositely projecting ends, a hinge securing lug secured to the side of the receptacle near its top and having a slotted way, there being a deep groove extending from its rear edge to near its front edge and terminating in a slight depression or recess adapted to receive one end of the bearing of the said removable cover 0f the receptacle, a hinge securing lug secured to the opposite edge of thereceptacle, from the first named hinge securing lug, and having a deep recess near its front edge and opposite the said slight recess in said first named hinge securing lug adapted to receive the opposite end of the bearing, a hinged cover having a bearing provided with two projecting bearings pivoted in said hinge securing lugs, a deep recess in the rst named hinge lug at the entrance to said slotted way adapted to receive one end of the pivotal bearing of the said hinged cover, said last named hinge receiving lug having a crooked groove way terminating in a shallow recess adapted to receive and hold the opposite end of the pivotal bearing of the said hinged lid by the spring of the receptacle, substantially as set forth.

6. In combination with a receptacle a three place attaching removable half cover and a two bearing hinged lid, a hinge securing lug secured to the top edge of the receptacle and having a slight depression and a groove extending laterally therefrom to receive one of the bearings of the removablev half-cover, a hinge securing lug secured to the opposite edge of the receptacle, from the said first named hinge securing lug, and having a deep recess near its front edge adapted to receive the other bearing of the said removable half cover, an upwardly projecting tubular rib integral with said hinged lid extending laterally across its straight edge near the middle of the mouth of the receptacle, a rod extending through said rib and projecting at both ends and said rib extending upwardly above the plane of the disk of said removable half cover, adapted to enter the said slight recess, and the said deep recess, respectively, a downwardly projecting stiffening flange from the curved edge of said half cover, the said flange being provided with a longitudinally extending slot, a lug projecting horizontally from the outer top edge of said receptacle and adapted to be received by saidslot, substantially as set forth.

7. In combination with a receptacle a hinged lid and a removable half cover, hinge lugs secured rigidly to opposite sides of a receptacle near its top edge, the removable half cover having a rib extending along its straight edge near the middle of the mouth of the receptacle, projecting above the plane of the disk of lsaid half cover and integral therewith, a rod extending through said rib and terminating in projecting ends adapted to engage seating recesses in said hinge lugs, a downwardly projecting stiftening flange extending from the curved edge of said half cover provided with a longitudinally extending slot in said downwardly extending stiffening liange adapted to receive a lug rigidly attached to the outer edge of said strainer on other receptacle and adapted to hold down the curved edge of said removable half cover, said hinged lid being provided at its straight edge with a downwardly projecting rib containing a stiflening rod projecting at each end to engage seating recesses in the said hinge lugs respectively, said lid having an upwardly projecting arch extending along its straight edge adapted to receive the upwardly projecting rib on the straight edge of said removable half cover, substantially as set forth.

8. In combination with an open top receptacle a removable two-part cover, comprising the combination of a disk covering a part of the said open top and having along its straight edge near the center of the open top a raised rib, a pivoted lid covering the rest of the opening and extending back over the said raised rib, lugs attached to the receptacle near its upper edge, projecting lugs extending longitudinally from the straight edges of said disk, and said lid, and adapted to detachably engage said hinge lugs, the inner faces of said hinge lugs having recesses adapted to detachably receive the said projecting lugs Vfrom the said disk and the said lid and retain them by means of the spring of the receptacle, and means for detachably securing the curved edge of said disk to the top of said receptacle, substantially as set forth.

9. In combination with a receptacle, a two-part cover, the top part over-lapping the other, downwardly projecting ianges from the outer edge of each part of the cover adapted to inclose the outer wall of the receptacle, the flange on the under part of the cover having a recess adapted to receive a lug projecting from the said receptacle, each part of the cover being provided with oppositely projecting bearing lugs, with two upwardly projecting hinge lugs secured to the upper edge of the receptacle and each having two recesses adapted to receive the oppositely projecting bearing lugs, a lug integral with the receptacle and projecting outwardly from its top edge and midway of said hinge lugs and adapted to engage the said recess in said flange, sub-Y stantially as set forth.

10. In combination with a receptacle, a pair of securing lugs adapted to be secured nearly opposite each other to the receptacle and to project beyond its edge, the inner face of the rst receiving lug being provided with a groove ending in aslight retaining recess and having a deep pivot recess near i the entrance of said groove adapted to receive bearings of a two-piece closing appliance for the opening of said receptacle, the face of the second of said pair of receiving lugs being provided with a deep retaining -recess adapted to receive bearings on said closing appliance and located opposite the bearings to be received by said first named lug and to hold said bearings in said recess by means of the spring of the body of the receptacle, substantially as set forth and for the purposes specified.

JOHN F. MULLANEY.

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